The best and brightest in film and TV gathered in London’s Royal Opera House last night, for the 69th British and TV Awards. ‘The Revenant’ reigned supreme on the night, with Leonardo DiCaprio scooping the award for Best Actor, Alejandro G Inarritu winning Best Director and the film taking home the award for Best Director, as well as the awards for Cinematography and Best Sound.
Elsewhere, ‘Brooklyn’, starring our own Saoirse Ronan won the award for Best British Film and Brie Larson won Best Actress for her role in ‘Room’; another Irish connection since the film was directed by Lenny Abrahamson. The rest of the winners are below…
BEST FILM – ‘The Revenant’
BEST DIRECTOR – ‘The Revenant’
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – Leonardo DiCaprio; ‘The Revenant’
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – Brie Larson; ‘Room’
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Mark Rylance; ‘Bridge of Spies’
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Kate Winslet ‘Jobs’
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer;‘Spotlight’
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph; ‘The Big Short’
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Emmanuel Lubezki; ‘The Revenant’
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER – Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) and Rupert Lloyd (Producer) – ‘Theeb’
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM – ‘Brooklyn’
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC – Ennio Morricone; ‘The Hateful Eight’
BEST SOUND – Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, and Randy Thom; ‘The Revenant’
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson; ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Jenny Beavan; ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR – Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt; ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
BEST EDITING – Margaret Sixel; ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE – ‘Wild Tales’
BEST ANIMATED FILM – ‘Inside Out’
EE RISING STAR AWARD – John Boyega